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<br />Stahilizationoflb~'$CerlldingriverbllllkswS$coru;ideredtobepoS$ihlyneo;essaryinorder to
<br />pre\'CIItfuttherloilSofriparianhabitatal:feagcandlol'"C'Slorehahilalfunelions.:'\laluralreeovery
<br />processes,aftertbcremovalofe~cessivciiveslOck usage. arebelic.odlUbavesufficc:d for
<br />slahi1ilinglhl..'SCsegrncnLSofriverbanklod;ue.
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<br />A firu, and major negalivC' cITed 10 La Plaia River ripatill1l ,~tcm fune-lIon and values ha-s hccn
<br />human modifica\lOn Oflhe river chJUme! and tk.odplain wilhin the MA. RivC't lIIraighlcning and
<br />lbe oonslrUction ofl1ovd conlroi levocs had sc.'erd)' impac1ed riparian lltC.;L~ aiong an
<br />appro~lmalely 0,5 mile n:a..:b oftbe river within the MA. Elimination of lhelie unnalural
<br />modificalionsandriverebannellI1OO1lplainre-cnnSlrnctionltelltormionwa.tiretjuircdinorderl"
<br />!'l:Store riparian plan! communities and corresponding riparian funclion and nalurai 8~lcm
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<br />Si,th, lhe poor condiliorn; of upland habitllls hordcring and surroundmg the riparian ponionsof
<br />the MA also limit the functiolllli condition oftbe riparian hahiln1.5 ai,mg the La PlaIa River. A
<br />major probiem is lhat no"ous wOClb in lhc uplll1lds and bufTer wnes act as seed SOUtcCli lbal
<br />faeilillllcspreadinlOlhcneighhllringrip;,rianbahilals. AlllO,o\-er"iVa1c:duplanJshal'l:pmvided
<br />poortransilionalhahi!1l1lObu1TerriparianareasbecauselheyiackefTeclivegroundcover_
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<br />InoomblOalion.thesesixfaclnl"SbaveafTectcdtheripari:mhahita1sw'ithinlbeMA.bmsomeof
<br />1bese eITe<.'ls can be lllld bave been C01TCCtoo wIlh pmper mlligalion measures. Redamalinn's
<br />miligatlllO pmgn.'S.s 10 date is described in Chapler 2. "Mil!g-'\li(!ll..MfuilJl1"gr~...
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<br />The (lverall goai of Reclamlllion.s ALP Projcct weiland riparian miligalinn plan is 10 reslore a
<br />nalural1>' S('lf.suslainlOg riparian eeOS)'lllem within the MA that suppons the ~l funclional
<br />condilionstbalcan beprllChcahiyestabli,bed_ Theobjco:tlvcsOullined in the Pian (lIOd this
<br />annual progress repon) focus on the two managemenl areas containing tbe si~ futUlli Ibm are
<br />atTCCling tbe funClional condihon~ as dis.cu..-...<;ed in the previllU-s "CCtion:
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